Mentor

Change lives and become a mentor!

We’ve got an active community of mentors, eager students, and long-time graduates helping each other succeed and be passionate about technology. Mentors truly are the key ingredient to making Code Louisville work so well.

Watch the video to hear about Chris’s experience with Code Louisville. He was a student, was hired by his mentor for his first job in the tech industry, and is now giving back as a mentor.

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Online meetings

Attend and be involved with a weekly Zoom meetup (6-8 p.m.) one night per week for 12 weeks.

Provide guidance

Answer questions, lead discussions, review projects, and offer advice to students in a programming language of your choice. Virtually mentor on Slack.

Work together

Work with other mentors to help your class stay on track, involved, and interested.

Be professional

Maintain professionalism and adhere to the Code of Conduct.

“Mentors get to help people learn and have those ‘a-ha’ moments. It’s a really great, enriching experience.”

— Stephanie Youstra, Quality Assurance at Waystar

We are constantly trying new classes, so let us know if you are interested in something special. We regularly offer classes in Front-end Web Development, C#, Python, and JavaScript, and occasionally have run classes in User Experience Design, Quality Assurance Testing, and more. If you don’t see your preferred stack, reach out and we may be able to create a new class!

“As a mentor you get to work with up-and-coming software developers first hand. It’s a great way to find talented candidates.”

— Ernesto Ramos, Co-founder, Switcher Studio

Become a mentor

Complete the form below and a Code Louisville staff member will be in touch shortly.